1. 03-16-15 10:06 PM #1
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    Chris Borland announces retirement

    OMG talk about a nightmare offseason for the 49ers. This is ridiculous

    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...022911846.html
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  2. 03-16-15 10:07 PM #2
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    surprised it took so long for a thread about this..you said it, nightmare offseason for SF
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  3. 03-17-15 12:13 AM #3
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    This is nuts, I've never seen a movement like this. Players really looking out for themselves these days.

    MJD is the only one that I think is fake. He just doesn't want to be a Raider, the second he gets an offer he's allowed to take, he's on it.
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  4. 03-17-15 12:25 AM #4
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    No issues with this, good for him
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  5. 03-17-15 12:42 AM #5
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    Will come back sooner than later

    i expect more 49er retirements to be announced

    to get out of contract and join new teams of course
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  6. 03-17-15 01:35 AM #6
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    He is white and young. Sky is the limit. But if you are the same age and colored, get the getting while it's good.
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  7. 03-17-15 01:46 AM #7
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    I'm going to kill people
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  8. 03-17-15 02:53 AM #8
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    so the guy spends his whole life playing football, got a chance to play in the nfl due to patrick willis' injury, now that patrick willis retires, he gets the opportunity of his life, and he fukking retires? what an ungrateful mofo. why did he even start playing football?
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  9. 03-17-15 03:43 AM #9
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    good on him, especially so young, will see more of this from guys that get paid then a year or two into the deal will call it quits...well done to this boy, more to life than the game...
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  10. 03-17-15 05:59 AM #10
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    Concussions are bad news.

    I had one once after this girl beat me up, and I was seeing stars for weeks.
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  11. 03-17-15 06:09 AM #11
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    Good for him. I wish his smarts rubbed off on more players.
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  12. 03-17-15 07:14 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigballa View Post
    good on him, especially so young, will see more of this from guys that get paid then a year or two into the deal will call it quits...well done to this boy, more to life than the game...
    He didn't really "get paid". He played one year of his 3R rookie deal, lucky if he banked 1M, peanuts by NFL standards.
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  13. 03-17-15 07:41 AM #13
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    he will maje twice that much back home digging ginseng
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  14. 03-17-15 07:48 AM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralphie Halves View Post
    This is nuts, I've never seen a movement like this. Players really looking out for themselves these days.

    MJD is the only one that I think is fake. He just doesn't want to be a Raider, the second he gets an offer he's allowed to take, he's on it.
    Nah... When he was signing with Oakland, he was talking more about coming to home town to end his career, then about racking serious yards on the field. I knew then already, that he is pretty much done. He is not coming back.
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  15. 03-17-15 12:59 PM #15
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    Something about SF, a rb retired from there a couple years ago too.
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  16. 03-17-15 01:07 PM #16
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    They don't pay these guys enough, they are now seeing the brutality of the NFL is not worth the peanuts they are paid.
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  17. 03-17-15 01:18 PM #17
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    Retiring?

    He played one fukkin season.

    Thats Quitting, not retiring.
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  18. 03-17-15 02:16 PM #18
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    Love how some media guys are trying to drum up a huge story outta this. Some speculating the gm may be in trouble moving forward yadada. Guy made a personal choice based on his best interest for himself and there are 1000's ready and willing to fill the void standing in line.

    No different than other fields that present danger to life or psyche like being a soldier or cop for ex. who get paid FAR less. I'm sure plenty have got out of those fields shortly after joining after realizing the possible dangers 1st hand and having second thoughts. No biggie the beat goes on and you will be an afterthought in nfl 5 min from now Mr Borland. Bol!
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  19. 03-17-15 02:55 PM #19
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    He seems a little scared which is ok

    Good for him

    He was not a killer or hungry
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    Yeah I hear people saying it was cowardly , or he quit, others saying it was brave or heroic. None of the above in reality. Sure it was a tough choice but just a personal decision he made which were all faced with at times for better or worse. Nothing exceptional about it and really a non story pretty much. The machine needs something nfl related to blab about I guess. Lol
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  21. 03-17-15 04:56 PM #21
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    this guy was very undersized and had to play with complete recklessness in order to make tackles. he was never going to last a full season as a starter. also got run over by russell wilson which is humiliating.
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  22. 03-17-15 05:52 PM #22
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    He does not realize no guarantees he has a healthy life even without playing football

    Kid must be dumb also
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  23. 03-17-15 07:41 PM #23
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    I don't think I could quit all the groupie sex that easy.
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  24. 03-17-15 09:41 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by manny24 View Post
    he will maje twice that much back home digging ginseng
    Obviously just a viewer. Real diggers call it sang
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  25. 03-17-15 10:32 PM #25
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    This is easily the worst offseason for any NFL team I can remember

    Is there any chance Aldon Smith doesn't get arrested/suspended within the next few weeks?
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  26. 03-17-15 10:43 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by MoneyLineDawg View Post
    This is easily the worst offseason for any NFL team I can remember

    Is there any chance Aldon Smith doesn't get arrested/suspended within the next few weeks?
    And they have that new stadium with no home field advantage that they can't win at and exiting after the game is a nightmare. To add insult to injury they can't even go back to Candlestick, it's been destroyed. Maybe they will just fold the team?
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    Guy is a pussy. Easy as that.
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  28. 03-18-15 01:40 AM #28
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    Ghey as hell, now I gotta hear some Moran on the radio talk all fukkin day about " would you let your kid play football"? The world is getting way too soft bunch of sissies, maybe we'll all play soccer from now on.
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    guy is a moron, something else is up
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  30. 03-18-15 05:35 AM #30
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  31. 03-18-15 07:24 AM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by chipshipley View Post
    Ghey as hell, now I gotta hear some Moran on the radio talk all fukkin day about " would you let your kid play football"? The world is getting way too soft bunch of sissies, maybe we'll all play soccer from now on.
    Soccer is no joke either. Heading the ball is an instant concussion.

    The guy made his own choice for his own reasons, it's his life. He played at a top level in the NFL, hardly a sissy.

    I agree about talk radio. Unless they played in the NFL, I can't listen for 5 mins. Some good ex-NFL radio guys tho.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralphie Halves View Post
    This is nuts, I've never seen a movement like this. Players really looking out for themselves these days.

    MJD is the only one that I think is fake. He just doesn't want to be a Raider, the second he gets an offer he's allowed to take, he's on it.
    personally i have never heard of him so i doubt he is that good but Jordan gross Left tackle for the Panthers coming off a 12-4 season made a very selfish decision to retire and left his team stranded with nobody to play left tackle.

    Left tackles are not easy to replace... and there is no fukkin reason whatsoever to retire at age 30 unless you clearly have no respect for your teammates and you don't love the game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smitch124 View Post
    And they have that new stadium with no home field advantage that they can't win at and exiting after the game is a nightmare. To add insult to injury they can't even go back to Candlestick, it's been destroyed. Maybe they will just fold the team?
    well when they build a stadium in Santa Clara did they really expect to have a strong home field?


    They should have torn down some of those shitty condos and aparment complexes and built the stadium in downtown San Francisco on the Bay like the Giants did. Or atleast put the stadium next to a bunch of bars so people can get good and drunk before the game.

    Who the hell wants to drive an hour to go see a home game?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghenghis Kahn View Post
    why did he even start playing football?
    He'll have to go back to when he was 5 and his parent(s) let him weigh the pro's and cons.
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